After hearing this, Concubine Ming didn't know what to say, but the Queen Mother smiled and said, "It seems that you are indeed destined to be with our royal family. Go back first. Bring the little turtle to chat with me tomorrow."
How could this woman be so lucky? It seemed that she had already dealt with the most difficult characters in the royal family. How could others fight with her
If this person was a powerful character, she could accept it. But this person was a naive person who relied on luck. How could she not be jealous? After coming out of the Queen Mother, Concubine Ming's face was not very good.
Jin Er looked at Concubine Ming's face and couldn't help but comfort her: "Your Majesty, there's no need to be so angry. Concubine Yan can't beat you. How far can a person who relies only on good luck get out of this cannibalistic harem?"
Concubine Ming frowned: "It's hard to say. Concubine Yan is now with the Queen Mother. She has won the Queen Mother's favor and is also liked by the Emperor. She also has so many concubines..."
Jin'er suddenly laughed, "Your Majesty, don't worry. There were so many majesties who were grateful for Concubine Yan's kindness before, but since several majesties got sick from the cold, their attitudes towards Concubine Yan have changed. After all, everyone suffered the sin, but Concubine Yan got the benefit."
Yes, that's not wrong. The next time Concubine Ming wants to use these concubines, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to succeed.
Thinking of this, Concubine Ming suddenly realized that this was the Queen Mother's trick. By losing a little turtle, she could break up this new group that had just appeared. It must be said that the Queen Mother was very powerful.
Just after returning to the palace, Jin'er sent another message: "My queen, there is news from home, asking you to be more silent in the harem, don't talk too much, live well, if you make a mistake, you will not be the concubine now, just save your life."
Cui Mingzhu, also known as Concubine Ming, was stunned. Her name was Mingzhu. She had been the most favored daughter in the family since she was a child, but her family had never relaxed their teachings on her. When she saw the news, Concubine Ming realized that something was going to happen. But what would happen
The fact that Concubine Ming lived in Qinghe Palace had always made her feel uneasy. After receiving the news from her family, Concubine Ming was really careful. Three days passed and nothing happened during this time.
On the third day, when everyone went to pay respects, they found that Concubine Yan's face was not very good. The Queen Mother still followed the old rules and sat in her seat, waiting for everyone to come in and pay respects: "Greetings to the Queen Mother."
Nothing has changed, the only thing that has changed is Concubine Yan's expression. Concubine Chen raised her eyebrows: "Concubine Yan, what's with that expression on your face? Don't you want to pay your respects to the Queen Mother?"
This sentence directly made Concubine Yan the center of the crowd, and everyone stared at Concubine Yan. Sure enough, Concubine Yan was very different today. Usually, Concubine Yan had a smile on her face and was very energetic.
But today, Concubine Yan seemed to be in low spirits and even a little sad? What was going on
Concubine Yan looked at these people and suddenly knelt down in front of the empress dowager: "Empress Dowager, I'm sorry, the little turtle you gave me to raise died. The little turtle died. It was so cute. I don't know why it died."
"It was fine when I went to bed last night, but when I woke up this morning, it was motionless. I asked the imperial physician to take a look, and only then did I find out that it was dead."
It turned out that the pet turtle that was obtained before had died. This was the tool that Concubine Yan used to get close to the Queen Mother, and it actually died.
The Queen Mother also frowned. "Dead? That shouldn't be the case. It's very healthy. Go and call the person who took care of it and tell me who visited it yesterday."
Imperial Concubine Yan was stunned and looked at the Queen Mother. It seemed that the Queen Mother knew how many people went to her palace every day. Imperial Concubine Yan looked at the concubines in the crowd and spoke out.
"Noble Lady Xi, Concubine Ning, and Concubine Dong all came to my palace yesterday and even went to see the little turtle."
The number of people named by Concubine Yan was as many as six or seven. The Queen Mother's eyes flashed with anger. It seemed that Concubine Yan was still very popular. Everyone thought that the Queen Mother was angry because of the death of the little turtle!
The Queen Mother was furious and looked at the seven people. "All of you, please stand up and tell me who attacked the little turtle. It knows nothing, but you actually attacked such a cute little animal. This is too much."
Imperial Concubine Yan was stunned and looked at the Queen Mother: "Your Highness, how do you know it was them? Did you misunderstand?"
The six concubines were sighing in their hearts at this time. They were really unlucky. They looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Your Majesty, please understand. We didn't do that. We just went to talk to Concubine Yan. Everyone knows that it was you, Your Majesty. How dare we do anything bad to the little turtle, let alone kill it."
Several concubines were crying out for injustice, and the Queen Mother raised her eyebrows: "So what you mean is that Imperial Concubine Yan killed my little turtle herself, and then framed you?"
The words of several people stopped abruptly. If they said that, wouldn't it be an open offense to Imperial Concubine Yan? How dare they, the small shrimp characters, offend Imperial Concubine Yan, who was being favored by the emperor
Concubine Dong spoke directly: "This matter has nothing to do with me, Queen Mother. As for whether it has anything to do with Imperial Concubine Yan, I don't know. But I once heard Imperial Concubine Yan say that raising turtles is very troublesome and it is better to eat them."
When Concubine Ning heard this, she quickly spoke up, "Yes, Queen Mother, I also heard Concubine Yan say this. Could it be that Concubine Yan wanted to eat the little turtle, so she killed it?"
Imperial Concubine Yan was already very sad, and now after hearing such words, she was even more shaky: "You actually wronged me, I didn't. Even if I wanted to drink turtle soup, I wouldn't have the idea of taking advantage of the little turtle..."
The Queen Mother was so angry that she looked at Concubine Yan and said, "You actually want to drink turtle soup first. This is really too much."
Concubine Yan looked at the furious Queen Mother with a face full of grievance: "Queen Mother, I didn't mean to harm the little turtle."
Ning Er saw this and quickly stepped forward and said, "Queen Dowager, my master really loves the little turtle and would never hurt her. Someone must be jealous of my master. Seeing that my master can use the little turtle to interact with the Queen Dowager, she became selfish."
The Queen Mother looked at Ning'er and said, "You are a loyal and protective lady, but you don't know where you are. It's your turn as a servant to speak. Come, take her away and beat her."
Immediately, two eunuchs came up and pulled Ning'er, preparing to go down and beat her with a stick. Concubine Yan couldn't bear to see her maid being beaten, so she quickly stepped forward to stop her: "Empress Dowager, please don't beat Ning'er, she just cares too much about me, her master, please don't beat her."
Seeing the affection between the master and servant, everyone didn't know what to say. The Queen Mother looked at Concubine Yan and said, "You still have the nerve to beg for mercy. I trusted you, so I gave my little turtle to you to raise. But you actually killed it."
"From now on, you will go back to your palace and be confined to your room. Copy the sacrificial text a hundred times and burn it for the little turtle. I will have someone check it after you finish. Go away. I will beat this maid with ten strokes of the board, not one less."
Imperial Concubine Yan was confined to her house, and Ning'er was beaten. It must have hurt so much to be beaten with such a big board. Imperial Concubine Yan refused to leave: "Don't beat me, Empress Dowager, I know what I did. Please don't beat Ning'er, I will write more eulogies, okay?"
The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "Hit me."
Isn't it a show of the deep love between master and servant? Today, she wants to see how deep the love between the master and servant is! Imperial Concubine Yan kept pulling Ning'er, and Ning'er looked at Imperial Concubine Yan and said, "My queen, you are thoughtful, but it's just ten boards, which I can bear, please get out of the way."
It was just ten boards, and she really had no problem with that, but Imperial Concubine Yan didn't know that: "No, I won't let you, Empress Dowager, you can hit me if you want, it's my fault."
Ning'er was somewhat speechless. Isn't this just adding fuel to the fire? The Queen Mother sneered: "Oh? Then beat Concubine Yan as well."
This was the second time a concubine was beaten with a stick in the harem. It seemed that the Queen Mother hated Concubine Yan to a great extent.
Concubine Chen didn't know when she had walked to the side of the empress dowager: "Aunt, if you hit Concubine Yan, I'm afraid the emperor will be angry."
Yes, concubines in the harem were generally not beaten, but were either confined to their rooms or punished with copying. If they were beaten, it was considered very embarrassing. If it was too much, they would be directly sent to the cold palace or sentenced to death.
The emperor would definitely be unhappy if he beat the imperial concubine just because of a little turtle. Another maid of Imperial Concubine Yan also knew the situation here and rushed to ask for help.
Because when the emperor arranged for them to come and take care of Concubine Yan, he told them that if they had any problems they couldn't handle, they should go to the emperor. Now that the queen mother was angry, of course she couldn't handle it.
After meeting the emperor, she quickly told him what happened. The emperor found it a little unbelievable. His mother was not the kind of person who would make trouble without reason: "Are you serious? The Queen Mother wants to beat Concubine Yan for a little turtle?"
However, he nodded and said, "It is true, Your Majesty. But the Empress Dowager wanted to beat Ning'er instead of you. It was just that you insisted on protecting Ning'er, which angered the Empress Dowager, so she beat her too."
The emperor had a headache and turned to look at Prime Minister Gu: "What do you think, should I go or not?"
Gu Xiangning was somewhat helpless: "The emperor also knows that the harem and the court are closely related. Do you think you should go or not?"
The emperor looked at Ran'er and said, "Come on, lead the way. It looks like we are going to add fuel to the fire."
Gu Xiangning was pleased: "The emperor is becoming more and more mature."